I hope everyone had a lovely Easter. My family and I did. I have a wonderful furiend who on occasion sends me a surprise gift. This year they were the Easter Bunny. :-D My Mom and Dad are as happy to see me get gifts as I am to receive them. BOL it's a win win when I get pressies. My family had a huge Easter dinner and a nice nap afterwards. There's a lot to be said for family traditions.

I've been barking to a furiend for a while now that my outside borders are shrinking. Nooo BOL Donald Trump hasn't moved to our little corner of NC. Nope, I'm afraid Mother Nature is taking back what is hers. ~sigh~ During the late fall, winter and very early spring the country side is my oyster. Every spring, summer and early fall it's Mother Nature's Pearl.

First Mom and I lose our hikes through the woods and fields due to ticks. We don't do any treks around the farm in the warm months. With the wildlife we have ticks are a real and serious problem. Number two it simply gets too warm here in the south for any kind of outside activity during the day unless it's very early in the morning or very late in the evening. Then our time outside is mainly restricted to the backyard, playing in my pool, digging in my sand box, or simply lounging about looking for squirrels to bark at.

It's almost time for my outside time to be restricted to the backyard. Biggg ~sigh~ I don't know why I'm always so depressed by this summer ritual, but I am.

As usual Mom and I will take mini walks down the driveway to the hayfield. It will be too warm to venture much farther. The cool of the woods in the southern summertime is small comfort during the sweltering blanket of heat and humidity that our summers are famous for. (The above panorama is a picture Mom took of my hay field the other day).

I'll miss our walks through the woods and fields, and digging for moles in my yard; but as surely as the hot days of summer follow Easter here in my rural southern home, fall will follow summer and by and by my rambles will begin anew.

The borders Mother Nature closes during the spring and summer will once more open with the cool breathe of late fall. The forest and fields will become my oyster for a season yet again.

Love, Molly and my Mom

This is a video Mom took over Easter of me digging in what she calls my mole crater. I say Pffft Mom give me some time. I can make it bigger.

It break our little hearts that you won't be getting outside time. We do have our period when we can't walk too, usually in July and August, unless it is late at night. We do miss our walks but we love whenever we are close to mom. I know you feel the same way.

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Freddy Girl

4/18/2017 01:58:01 pm

No fun walkin' in high heat & humidity, and finding ticks in yur thick coat would be tough. So, mom made the right decision.

Having lived in Texas for a few years, we do understand about the necessity of avoiding the heat. As you said, Molly, you know that fall follows summer so you have something to look forward to. It's good that you avoid those ticks! The panorama picture of your hay field is beautiful!

oh how bad that the heat and the humidity came so fast to your area... and that ticks... we really should mix all our weathers to get the pawfect one what fits the best for all pups :o) You said that very well about the gifts... my staff is super happy when they see my joy about a gift... that's like a gift for them too.... and that's good to know, right? LOL

Molly, just keep digging for the mole. You never know what else you might find.

Yeah, summer cuts our walks here in Florida also short. And there are no trees on our route to give us some shade, but if we go early in the morning or late in the evening, the mosquitoes eat us up. So, while we’re still enjoying a few more days of spring weather, we’ll be looking forward to the fall soon.

OMD Molly, you are an excellent digger! Have you worked on construction sites to gain all those skills? When we were in Indiana last summer we had a lot of experience with ticks. Mom and dad said we will NOT cross the Mississippi again and that we are DONE with ticks! I know what you mean about the warmer weather although we don't have the humidity here that you have, Sometimes I can only fetch for a shot while cuz I get too hot.
Your Pals,

Oh Molly do we hear and understand. I'm indoor only but I still get flea and tick preventive 'cause the humans can bring them in too.
Mom is kinda allergic to flea bites too so she stays off grass this time of year.
Hugs madi your bfff

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